Because a somewhat deranged, tomb-desecrating millionaire mass-murderer (with boobs!) definitely fulfills the 'jagged' part, I've made the infamous Tomb Raider a recruitable mercenary. This is the same idea as with my Commander Shepard merc - a fully new merc with voice files from the games, complete with xml stuff and so on.

I've only used sound files from ROTTR. The 2013 release has the same file system, but somehow my file extractor doesn't work there, and I've had enough of surfing russian websites I don't understand. Older games have a different voice actress, so no to that.

Anyway, the ingame background would be that after two deeply traumatizing adventures in the pacific, Syria (how did that seem like a good idea in 2015?) and Siberia, and way too many skinned animals, butchered cult soldiers and destroyed UNESCO heritage sites, Lara took the next logical step and joined A.I.M.. Not for money though - her bio adressess that. It seems she has taken a liking to this lifestyle. Or is it perhaps just as a way to visit ancient ruins in remote, war-ridden countries all over the world? Who knows.

She is definitely a merc with good abilities, but also some drawbacks:

She is very good at anything involving movement (especially anything involving heights) and survival. This would be a merc that would do well in the country side.

However, she still hasn't had a formal military training. Her marksmanship isn't up-to-par (it's the easiest stat to raise though, and she is a good learner). Her background and personality (Intellectual) make her especially prone to suppression, and she is rather uncomfortable in cities. This is not a merc you'd put directly in the thickest of the fighting.

Because it fits my narrative (and because usable files weren't as many as I'd like), she is prone to... let's call it mood swings. Normally she's a rather well-spoken, timid person, but in combat she can easily unlock Buzz-like levels of shouting. This fits with her not being trained for combat and easily getting tense. Plus she's also a psycho.

Her traits are somewhat debatable. While Athleticism and Survival are rather definite, the third slot is rather open. I went for Ambidextrous here, as a nod to the older games. Auto Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Gunslinger, Hunter, Hand-to-Hand, Stealthy, Bodybuilding and Scouting could all be justified depending on your interpretation.

The gear kits are mostly inspired by games. The Survival kit (from the video) is a new one, which mostly fits the while 'survivor' vibe.

As Lara's interactions with people mostly consists of her murdering them in gruesome fashion (the whole 'It was self-defense!'-excuse gets a bit stale after arrow-murder #534)), it's not easy to make up any buddy-hate relationships. I've made Sidney her buddy, as he comes from the same social circles and could easily be a character from the games. She learns to like Ira - just like her, Ira got thrown into conflict in a foreign country without a clear idea of what happens, but the desire to help. And she hates Rev. While absolutely not against Gods and such, due to past events, she has a very strong dislike to loud, dishonest priests with a history of violence.
If I had the 2013 files, I could likely also fashion relations to a random Doctor, Dyno (Whitman) and Sam (somewhat odd, as Sam in TR is a quirky damsel in distress, while Sam in JA is a grizzled old merc).

For obvious reasons this will not go into any official release - not part of 1.13 or anything. This is totally unrelated to 1.13. I just happen to occasionally dabble in there too.

Nice! looking forward to play with her but first
we need a proper Lara Croft portrait

Well, as usually I didn't bother with that, because I can't draw

edmortimer

Question: what utility do you use to edit AIMBIOS.EDT? EDTMegaEditor will not open it since Shepard was added.Question: what utility do you use to edit AIMBIOS.EDT? EDTMegaEditor will not open it since Shepard was added.

For the .edt files I used the CommieEdt editor. No idea why it won't open, though I've had my share of problems with all edt editors over the years.
It also seems that text of Shepard's last sound file (#145) is cut off, even when I re-add it. Apparently there is some file limit or so...? No idea.

Sniki Hor

I can download shepard 12.7 no probs, but I get this for lara+shepard:
Unable to scan JA2FemShep_LaraCroftv13.7z for viruses
OneDrive is unable to scan JA2FemShep_LaraCroftv13.7z for viruses.

No idea, really. Here's the link again: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvoJWIsmOiaNgi8ASMcN-2iMkPpb
Though I also get no issues with older files and the same virus prompt as you. I have no idea why, as I uploaded the thing in the same way. Though I also get the option to skip the scan and download it anyway, so there is that.

Edit: Deleted and uploaded the thing several times, no change, though.

[Updated on: Sat, 07 January 2017 17:20]

Saren threw his head back and screamed in impotent fury, before falling to his throne, head in his claws, trembling in horrified disbelief.

Then he heard a faint chime as Sovereign subscribed to her ECHO channel.

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In edmortimer Arulco Vocations there is alredy Lara Croft voice (Rachel Thorne), they are almost the same, is this a improved version or what?

Flugente wrote on Sat, 07 January 2017 15:31

Well, as usually I didn't bother with that, because I can't draw

In Ron Faces there is a face of Angelina Jolie and since she was the actress of Tomb Raider (2001) i thought it will be ok to use her portrait, well atleast i think it fit better than the IMP face.host image

In edmortimer Arulco Vocations there is alredy Lara Croft voice (Rachel Thorne), they are almost the same, is this a improved version or what?

Flugente's voice files for Lara Croft and my voice files for Rachel Thorne are two entirely independent creative processes. I listened to many of Lara's files and think they are sufficiently different (with a little tweaking) from Rachel Thorne's that I could use both characters. I noticed 3 voice files that were basically the same (but I didn't listen to all of Lara's files). But in Thorne's voice files I changed the pitch and tempo and other things from the original files, and I think Flugente kept the original. We both also were creating different characters -- so used different voice files. Rachel Thorne is loosely based on Aileen Wuornos, while Lara Croft is based on Lara Croft.

While (still) uploading UC-1.13 Exp7/RC1 thought I should drop by to mention that Urban Chaos has an Angelina Jolie graphic that seems to be more "Jagged Alliance 2" style. I may have to see if it is feasible to replace the current sounds next week when I return from travelling - Mod Squad used a copy of one of the IMP's for Jubilee in Urban Chaos (and if I remember correctly, in Deidranna Lives! they hacked in the IMP voice directly creating a mod specific bug).

New version is out. Not much new here - merely merged this to the current GameDir trunk (r2369) and moved all files to Data-1.13 to less confuse people.

Also, yes, I am still alive, in case that was in question ;)

Also, Microsoft OneDrive is a inefficient, needlessly obtuse piece of shit. As is usual nowadays, it lacks in core functionality (uploading files), but has apps, links to facebook, has an offensively useless online help and hogs more resources than an AAA game. In my personal humble opinion, the division that developed it needs to be shut down, razed, and the company grounds salted. I admit I might be a bit biased here.

Saren threw his head back and screamed in impotent fury, before falling to his throne, head in his claws, trembling in horrified disbelief.

Then he heard a faint chime as Sovereign subscribed to her ECHO channel.

If you want, you can donate to me. This will not affect how and what I code, and I will not code specific features in return. I will be thankful though.

Hi, I'm new to the BearPit, if a long time reader for over a decade and a half.

I thought I should mention that I was able to download the Femshep/Lara Croft combo file version 1.4 off of the OneDrive link given in the Original Post by Flugente, but that I was not able to see how to do so off the Filedropper links noted in later posts. Filedropper is also being noted by Internet Explorer as having expired certificates. But I never get past the first Filedropper.com page which is the home page and not the file page. Perhaps it requires me to sign-up, but normally for downloads that isn't necessary on other sites. At any rate, the OneDrive link in the original post does work and has a July 2017 version of 1.4 for the combo file as noted earlier.

The issue with Filedropper also negates, so far, any of my attempts to download the Twins file of Sara and Scott, just parking me at the Filedropper.com homepage. Granted IE is old and I'm going to replace it soon, but I don't tend to have these problems with most (well all up to now) storage sites, and OneDrive is working (and we know it is a bit of an oddity at times). The voiceovers demonstrated by Flugente in his YouTube video of the Twins and FemShep using the new Additional Dialogs was incredibly impressive, not only as coding but in the fabulous choice of voiceovers. It truly added to the experience, like a narrator voicing a story -- this from new characters -- very impressive. But I think I'd need to upgrade my SCI to the most recent and since the Filedropper link failed to allow download, I'll wait on that to test my first minor customization modding.

Anyway, thanks for the file and the explanation. I'm attempting some minor customizations on my current 8507 SCI build of JA2 v1.13. I'm going to try adding the additional mercs of Flugente, customize a bit the MercProfiles.xml to remove most Teaching with Low Leadership to other Skills (Similar to what edmortimer does in Arulco Vacations -- with a convincing and entertaining argument) and customize Flo a bit since I enjoy her voiceover and love to use cheap MERC teams early on. I'm also going to look into customizing the MercOpinions.xml but not sure that is necessary.

Recently there has been enough conversation in the threads on all this, and I think I've figured out what to do from those posts. If not I may post a question about it in the other forums. Hope I did not sidetrack this thread much. Thanks much for your forebearance. Good meeting you all.

I originally posted all my stuff on OneDrive, until some recent update of theirs absolutely broke my browser. I have no idea what the exact issue was, but the thing effectively locked up my browser while requiring a perverse amount of memory (and the Win 10 OneDrive thingy apparently uploads stuff on it's own time, whenever it wants to, so... not going to do that either). As a result, I'm sticking to filesharing sites that don't require any sort of registration (and don't seem too shady). If you have a better, feel free to tell me so

Saren threw his head back and screamed in impotent fury, before falling to his throne, head in his claws, trembling in horrified disbelief.

Then he heard a faint chime as Sovereign subscribed to her ECHO channel.

If you want, you can donate to me. This will not affect how and what I code, and I will not code specific features in return. I will be thankful though.

Well, I turned off my Smartscreen filter and closed/restarted browser. Filedropper still doesn't show a file there. So I guess I'm asking if someone else finds a file at your Filedropper links above or not. I believe Filedropper deletes an uploaded file after 30 days if no download activity occurs, or perhaps just after 30 days. This is for the free version. I strongly suspect that there is no file there currently at that link (but suspicion is not fact). My trust in Internet Explorer has dropped in the last 6-9 months, as clearly it has lost the ability, even with constant updates, to parse most of the latest Internet stuff. For example, it lost the ability to handle Gog.com, the gaming site, about 3 months ago.

I'm afraid I've only used a file sharing site maybe twice in the last decade, can't remember which. I did use the Google one once, which is free if you open a Gmail.account, which also is free. I think it prompts you for other information, but you don't have to give them anything accurate, most fields can be ignored.

Anyway, I really did not want to bother you with all this. I just mention it out of due diligence. If others find a file there currently, then it is operational. If they don't, I suspect it was deleted after 30 days. I fail similarly when trying to download the Ryan Twins file you made. It is either my set-up, filedropper deactivating the link, or I need to sign up with Filedropper. If someone could see if they can access your filedropper links without signing up, we'd have the data to decide which option it is. I'm pretty much a loner, so I can't get anyone to try it for me. I'll try from the library on my next day off, but that isn't until Tues.

Thanks again for the reply and your many creations.

My lack of experience in such matters means any recommendation I make has limited value. I can see how Onedrive and Windows 10 taking control away from you with autouploading and downloading would be an issue, I'd hate that myself as well.

I just don't currently believe those filedropper links have any files there at the moment. UNLESS I have to sign-up and this is its way of hinting that I must do access anything uploaded there. It gives no direct message saying that however, it just dumps me on activating the link to the Filedropper home page. It is not a a blocked page, since I turned off SmartFilter, part of Windows 7's and MS Security's additional often worthless stuff, and it still after multiple attempts did the same thing.

Anyway, if someone finds something at the link, then it is there. I just am given the Filedropper homepage.

The problem with a Google account is that, well we know that Google already tries to track everything searched and users using Google Maps. This is the reason I'm not directly recommending it and the process of signing up may have changed over the years. Some recommend uploading to MediaFire and so on. But I've not looked into it.

If someone else could try and see if they can link to your Filedropper links, this would give us the data required to know if it is just my set-up, or Filedropper dropped (deleted) the file due to 30 days inactivity, or just that I must join filedropper to download as well. I strongly suspect that there is no file at that link, but my IE is also acting up in the last 6 months. It can no longer access Gog.com, for example, since they updated the pages to a new set-up. This is why I could just be my set-up.

So if someone not logged into Filedropper could check to see if your links there are working currently by attempting a download, the data would make clear what the issue is.